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Binance, the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange by market capitalization, is planning measures against money laundering with crypto currencies. By integrating the Chainalysis KYT software, the exchange is expanding its compliance with classic financial market regulations.

Binance crypto exchange and the Bitcoin secret

As Chainalysis announced yesterday, Thursday, 18 October, the company is now working with the Bitcoin secret. Binance uses the Chainalysis software KYT (“Know Your Transaction”) to establish compliance in the area of money laundering. According to the company, KYT is software specially developed for the transfer of Bitcoin secret money laundering activities. Chainalysis on Medium describes how it works as follows:

Chainalysis KYT is based on a set of proprietary algorithms that use a number of open source resources to identify and report suspicious patterns in the transaction behavior of monitored wallets.

Since this year, the tool has also included the monitoring of BCH in addition to the analysis of BTC.

Binance drives professionalization forward

We have already reported in detail on Binance’s expansion efforts in Africa. The cooperation with Chainalysis must therefore be seen in the light of the exchange’s growth intentions. These are accompanied by strict regulations, which the exchange must comply with. Binance CFO Wei Zhou adds:

“By working with Chainalysis, we can build a compliance program that will enable the next phase of our growth. Our vision is to provide the infrastructure for a blockchain ecosystem and promote the freedom of money worldwide, while complying with the legal requirements in the countries where we operate”.

It is precisely these legal requirements that may have led Binance to partner with Chainalysis. The tool helps the Exchanges to comply with the legal know-your-customer and anti-money laundering regulations. This type of compliance could ultimately enable stock exchanges to get hold of their longed-for bank licenses.